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Michel Barnier says failure still possible if Ireland issue not resolved

UK's border proposals rejected by EU - report

Brexit

Theresa May's plans for avoiding a hard border were subjected to "a systematic and forensic annihilation" at a meeting between the UK's lead negotiator Olly Robbins and senior EU officials this week, according to the Daily Telegraph.

Big Tom McBride's requiem mass will be celebrated this morning

Big Tom's funeral to be held in Co Monaghan

Two people died in the light aircraft crash

NI plane crash victims were experienced pilots - MP

Morteza Najafi spent six years in the asylum system in Ireland before gaining refugee status

Iranian family reunited after ten years apart

Prince died two years ago at the age of 57

No criminal charges to be filed over Prince's death

Morning Ireland News Quiz

News Highlights

The remains of three of the Disappeared - Columba McVeigh, Joe Lynskey and Captain Robert Nairac - are yet to be found

Search for remains of Joe Lynskey ends unsuccessfully

James Comey's memos suggest Trump was concerned with the Russia investigation

Comey memos show Trump obsessed with Russia probe

The Mental Health Commission has criticised the State's failure to regulate community homes

Vulnerable adults in community homes 'at risk of abuse'

Donnacha Ryan salutes the crowd after Racing's victory over Clermont in the Champions Cup quarter-final

Donnacha Ryan relishing strangeness of playing Munster

Walter Moody was put to death by lethal injection at the William C. Holman Correctional Facility in Atmore and gave no final statement

Alabama executes 83-year-old for 1989 bombing spree

More Stories.

Live Traffic Updates: Delays expected around Ideal Home Show

Garda killer admitted importing Glock pistol parts

Live Your morning sports updates

Mexican court bars sales of Frida Kahlo doll

Exclusive: Watch Cathy Davey perform brand new track

News.

Michel Barnier says failure still possible if Ireland issue not resolved

UK's border proposals rejected by EU - report

The latest rough sleeper count shows the number of people sleeping rough dropped from 184 last winter to 110

40% decrease in number of rough sleepers in Dublin

The Mental Health Commission has criticised the State's failure to regulate community homes

Vulnerable adults in community homes 'at risk of abuse'

The remains of three of the Disappeared - Columba McVeigh, Joe Lynskey and Captain Robert Nairac - are yet to be found

Search for remains of Joe Lynskey ends unsuccessfully

James Comey's memos suggest Trump was concerned with the Russia investigation

Comey memos show Trump obsessed with Russia probe

Police had been pursuing a vehicle before the incident (File pic)

Man charged over death of woman hit during police chase

Southill was one of the most disadvantaged areas of the country

€190m scheme planned for disadvantaged communities

Sport.

The prospect of an all-Ireland Champions Cup final is still very mucg alive

Live Your morning sports updates

Donnacha Ryan salutes the crowd after Racing's victory over Clermont in the Champions Cup quarter-final

Donnacha Ryan relishing strangeness of playing Munster

Derry City have taken the unusual approach of confirming a number of absentees, without naming the players involved

LOI Digest: In-form Dundalk and Derry set to clash

Patrick Vieira has the backing of former manager Arsene Wenger

Wenger backs Vieira as future Arsenal manager

Adam Hughes has been forced into retirement with a brain injury

Dragons player forced to retire with brain injury

Gareth Davies and Rob Evans celebrate last year's Guinness Pro12 win

Success or apathy: The nascent revival of Welsh regions

Live Live leaderboard: Irish in action at Hassan Trophy

Big Tom 1936 - 2018.

The late Big Tom McBride, the king of Irish country music

Big Tom to be honoured on Late Late Country Special

Late Late Show Country Special

Ronan Keating will join Daniel O'Donnell and Nathan Carter on Friday night's Late Late Show Country Special Big Tom Tribute.

Big Tom McBride in 2004 at home in Castleblayney (Photos: John Cooney)

Back on the Mainline: Big Tom in 2004

Big Tom's career spanned over 50 years in Irish country music

Big Tom to be laid to rest in Monaghan this Friday

Big Tom remembered - the King Of Irish Country sings

Daniel O'Donnell and Big Tom McBride, in a picture posted by Daniel's Facebook page.

Listen: Daniel O'Donnell pays tribute to Big Tom

More Big Tom 1936 - 2018

Entertainment.

The late Big Tom McBride, the king of Irish country music

Big Tom to be honoured on Late Late Country Special

Late Late Show Country Special

Ellen Page -

Ellen Page relishing return to Ireland

The Stones play Croke Park on May 17

Rolling Stones get ready to start Dublin up

Exclusive: Watch Cathy Davey perform brand new track

Tom Vaughan-Lawlor joins Ellen Page and Sam Keeley in The Cured

Movie Review Round-Up: The New Releases

Prince died two years ago at the age of 57

No criminal charges to be filed over Prince's death

Phil Coulter's The Town I Loved So Well features in the nominations

Which Irish songs belong in the EU songbook?

More Entertainment

Business.

Bank of Ireland Chief Executive Francesca McDonagh

New lending at Bank of Ireland rises by 20% in Q1

Facebook has been under scrutiny from politicians across the world since disclosing that the personal information of 87 million Facebook users wrongly ended up in the hands of Cambridge Analytica

PwC cleared Facebook's privacy practices in leak period

The UK market was tough in Q1 for Kingspan, although its insulated panels business 'improved somewhat in recent weeks'

'Prolonged winter' leads to sluggish Q1 for Kingspan

Jes Staley has 28 days to respond to the warning notice

Barclays boss facing fine over whistleblower debacle

Michel Barnier says risks of failure remain as long as outstanding topics such as Ireland are unresolved

EU's Barnier says still 25% of work to do on ...

Both Brent and WTI hit their highest levels since November, 2014 yesterday, at $74.75 and $69.56 per barrel respectively

Oil dips but remains close to late-2014 highs

Southill was one of the most disadvantaged areas of the country

€190m scheme planned for disadvantaged communities

Editor's Choice.

The project giving Ireland's hidden heartlands a tourism boost

Today with Sean O Rourke

We've all heard about the Wild Atlantic Way and Ireland's Ancient East but a new project, called Ireland's Hidden Heartlands, aims celebrates the allure of the Midlands.

Michael Carrick won a total of 34 England caps, the last coming three years ago against Spain

'Depressed' Carrick asked to be overlooked by England

Beo ar Éigean 39: An bhfuil muid ciontach as féinchinsireacht?

Large murals like this require planning permission

Brush with bureaucracy: Street artists criticise rules

Fruits and vegetables made up 39% of total food waste

Americans waste 150,000 tonnes of food daily

Lifestyle.

Coral Movasseli, Taragh Loughrey-Grant, Dr Andrew Power, Claire Bauden & Sonya Curley

Women in Tech, Girls in Tech? It's time for Stepping Up

Dublin Tech Summit

Kate Lawlor's Chicken Liver Crème Brûlée

Kate's Chicken Liver Crème Brûlée:Healthy Appetite

Niall Sabongi's Chowder

Niall Sabongi's Chowder: Today

Gary's Quail Cordon Bleu

Gary's Quail Cordon Bleu: Healthy Appetite

Healthy Appetite

Healthy Appetite: Community Cooking Programmes

Healthy Appetite: Community Cooking Programmes

Healthy Appetite

Want a carrot with a crunch? Learn how to grow your own

Want a carrot with a crunch? Top tips for growing ...

48 Hours in Lisbon with the Gastro Gays

48 Hours in...Lisbon

Culture.

Eavan Boland and Olivia O'Leary

Poetry Programme preview - Eavan Boland and Poetry Day Ireland

Poetry Programme

Rick O Shea

Sinéad Moriarty & Rick O'Shea's ultimate reading list for 2018

Principal guest conductor with the RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra Nathalie Stutzmann

Something for the Weekend: Nathalie Stutzmann's cultural picks

Something For The Weekend

All hail Queen Bey. Beyonce onstage at Coachella 2018. Photo: Kevin Winter/Getty Images for Coachella

Why Beyonce matters

A piece of Irish revolutionary history

National Treasures - the story of the Irish revolutionary years

National Treasures

How Irish writers predicted the future

Liz Nugent: a masterclass in how to glide from one set-up to another, writes Harry Guerin.

Review: Liz Nugent's Skin Deep Cuts to the bone